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Copper thefts now traffic
More than $113,000 in wire has
been stolen in the last 12 months
from stoplights and other trans-
portation devices and facilities in
Mason and five other counties in
the Olympic Region of the Wash-
ington State Department of Trans-
portation.
Of special concern is the strat-
egy used by thieves who steal wire
while pretending to be operating
in a state work zone.
A rapid rise in the prices fetched
by copper and other metals is said
to be a factor in the thefts as well
as in a number that have come to
the attention of the local authori-
ties in Mason County. State trans-
portation officials report that wire-
theft losses in the U.S. as a whole
have reached $1 billion.
LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS
to this national trend include the
theft in November of last year of
a large amount of copper wiring
from the vacant ITT Rayonier
building on the Shelton water-
front and the theft in August of
this year of $13,000 in copper ca-
ble from Hood Canal Communica-
tions in Union. Other local reports
concern: the theft in July of $1,850
in copper and aluminum wiring
from a home on Walnut Street in
Shelton: the theft in May of copper
wire from Arcadia Electric that
was reportedly sold for $900 to a
recycling center in Tumwater; and
the theft in November of last year
of $250 in copper wire from Arca-
dia Drilling.
The problem continued last
week with a report on November
6 that someone had stolen copper
wire from a place on Johns Prairie
Road and a report on November
7 that someone had stolen copper
wire from a Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration site near the inter-
section of Highway 101 and Cali-
fornia Road.
Kelly Stowe of the DOT de-
scribed these incidents as part of a
"crime epidemic costing taxpayers
millions, endangering lives." She
asked people to be on the lookout
for "suspicious work zones" and
helped to organize a gathering of
journalists on Friday at the Ab-
erdeen Maintenance Office of the
DOT for the purpose of "showing
the public what a legitimate work
zone looks like," this in an effort to
"bring awareness to this issue and
encourage citizens to be on the
lookout for suspicious activity."
In addition to copper wiring,
metal thieves have been making
off with guardrails as well as alu-
minum and steel railings on bridg-
es. Stowe makes the point that
because the DOT is self-insured,
the losses must be made up with
taxpayer dollars. "Copper wire is
stolen out of light poles, signals,
equipment storage yards, and
from bridge rails," she wrote. "This
'material theft' issue isn't new, but
seems to be increasing at an alarm-
ing rate. These thefts are happen-
ing statewide, both in work zones
and non-construction zones."
THE POINT WAS
on Sunday night
the wire to the lighting
traffic signal at the
Interstate 5 and
in Pierce County.
a safety issue and also
den to taxpayers," said |
felter, maintenance
the DOT.
He said a legitimate .::
[]
includes: signs alert,'..I!I
that they are approacI
zone; proper
and barriers; workers
wearing orange,
hardlaats, goggles
vehicles with the DOT
clehrly marked with a
name•
Prayers for peace
are set for Sunday
The congregation of Faith Lu-
theran Church will have a short
prayer vigil for peace and justice
right after the contemporary
service at about noon on Sun-
day, November 18.
At that time prayers will be
said for all people around the
world who are suft'ering from the
effects of violence, war, occupa-
tion and terrorism. The primary
focus will be on Iraq, Israel and
the Palestinian people.
All are invited to participate.
The church is located at 1212
Connection Street in Shelton.
Mistrial declared in
vehicular homicide
case after six days
and evidence error
A mistrial was declared after
a Mason County Superior Court
jury began deliberations in the ve-
hicular homicide case.
I The trial of David Jensen, 49, of
Port Hadlock, came to an abrupt
i!i halt after six days of testimony
.... ,a IQin :witnuses spanning
two weeks in October. He was ac-
cused of driving under the influ-
ence and causing the death of 57-
year-old Paul C. Parker of Seattle
on June 30, 2006 in a head-on col-
lision on State Route 3 near the in-
tersection with Judy Lane in Bel-
fair. Parker died at the scene and
Jensen was airlifted to Harborview
Medical Center in Seattle.
As the jury began its delibera-
tions an evidence box was given
to them. A mistrial was declared
because the items in the box in-
cluded all the evidence gathered
for the trial, not just evidence
which had been admitted into the
official record. It also contained
the clerk's minutes which included
arguments presented to the judge
without the jury being present.
Judge James Sawyer, who pre-
sided at the trial, signed an order
stating the mistrial is "based upon
inadvertent submission of exluded
exhibits to the jury during delib-
erations."
Clerk Pat Swartos echoed the
judge in a written statement:
"The jury was mistakenly allowed
to view exhibits and written ma-
terial which were not admitted
during the trial and as a result
a mistrial was declared." She did
not offer an explanation as to how
something like this might have
happened.
Members of the jury were Tay-
lor Zech, Trenea Walton, Donna
Sieber, Della Rogers, William
Morris, Mary Perrine, Mark Jaros,
Donald Hornal, Daryl Halvorson,
Judith Craig, Julia Graham, Kelly
Evans and Dale Stonecipher.
Sex offender admits
failure to register his
location with the law
Wesley Howard Duncan, 23, of
Shelton, entered an Alford plea of
guilty to failure to register as a sex
offender.
Duncan is required to inform
authorities as to his whereabouts
as a result of convictions in 2004
for rape of a child in the third de-
gree and for second-degree rape
of a child in 2001 when he was a
juvenile.
The case came before Judge
James Sawyer in Mason County
Superior Court last Thursday.
Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca
Jones Garcia said this is Duncan's
first failure to register and the of-
lense is an unranked felony, with
a standard sentencing range from
zero to 365 days followed by 12
Marlene Taylor, CLU
S ' AYLOR
INSURANCE
ERVICES
IIII
months of community custody. She
recommended a 60-day sentence.
Jones Garcia noted that the Wash-
ington Legislature has increased
the penalty for failing to register
to include a prison sentence for re-
peat offenders.
"Any subsequent convictions
and you're going to prison," Saw-
yer told Duncan. He scheduled
sentencing for November 26.
According to court documents,
the defendant failed to abide by
registration requirements between
May 19 and June 26. In an Alford
plea a person does not admit guilt
but pleads guilty because the evi-
dence is such that a jury would be
likely to convict and to take advan-
tage of an offer from the state.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL
THE LAST MINUTE!
Stop in today for a policy review
of your entire insurance portfolio.
We can probably save you
some money and ensure
that you start the new year
with the proper coverages.
104 E. "D" St. #1 Shelton, WA 98584
360-427-1989 • 360-426-5595
marlene@marlenetaylorinsurance.com
II
Page 28 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 15, 2007
Latest tally
Shelton City Commission
Mayor
John Tarrant 985 52.1%
Gary Cronce 882 46.6%
Commissioner of Finance
Mike Byrne 833 50.9%
Chase Gallagher 785 47.9%
Port of Shelton Commission
District 3
Jay Hupp 3,727 68.0%
Rahn Redman 1,712 31.2%
Shelton School Board
District 1
Sue McCausland
Steve DeMiero
District 2
Gene Crater
Marty Best
2,554 59.3%
1,714 39.8%
2,566 63.6%
1,428 35.4%
Hood Canal School Board
District 3
Deborah Petersen 97455.4%
Sheryl Kroneman 76843.7%
District 5
Bob Sund 1,07954.9%
Sara Endicott 87844.7%
Southside School Board
Position 1
Nicole Cougher 27049.8%
Don Robbins 26949.6%
North Mason School Board
District 1
Arthur Wightman
Dave Kinnee
District 3
Laura Boad
Ken VanBuskirk
District 4
John Campbell
2,633 63.1%
1,519 36.4%
2,998 67.8%
1,411 31.9%
2,984 67.8%
of elecaon" ballO, o
Glenn Landram 5
1,401 31.8 No tl
I!
Fire District 2 Fire District 8 1 llllq
Position 3 (EMS property tax levy) _.
Shelby Blackwell 1,099 52.7% Yes -
Chris Ladner 958 45.9% No
Fire District 5 STATE BALLOT MEA
Position 3 Initiative 960
1,89350.9%
1,76447.4%
Pat McGanney
Del Griffey
Fire District 6
Position 2
Steve Levette 33350.8%
Robert Close 31848.5%
Fire District 16
Position 1
Jake Frey 21154.9%
Dick Andrews 16743.5%
Fire District 18
Position 3
Jim Mitchell 32363.5%
Terry Brazil 177 34.8%
Public Hospital District 2
Position 3
Peggy VanBuskirk 1,35549.3%
Ryan Cloud 99836.3%
Harry Martin 37613.7%
LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES
Shelton street levy
Yes 74338.8%
No 1,17061.2%
Mason County Proposition 1
(911 sales and use tax)
Yes 1.2,48569.6%
No 5,46330.4%
Public Hospital District 2
(Proposed formation)
Yes 2,706 .84.3%
Jury finds Brayton
not guilty of assault
scene about 10 minutes, "because
it was not a trauma" and they
gave "a very basic exam" to Brock-
Brayton.
Jurors returned on October 31
and deliberated about an hour be-
tbre announcing the not-guilty ver-
dict. The jury was Jay Dunham,
Robert Korvell, Carol Glodowski,
Jeff Waibel, Robert Griffith, Shir-
ley Dempsey, Larry Richards, Di-
ann Muller, Dave McMullin, LaV-
era Light, Larry Storey and Alma
Kroeger. Terry Wright was the
alternate.
(Continued from page 27.)
ness on her forearm and back and
indicated she had bumps on her
head. "She claimed she had ten-
derness and we looked at it, but
we couldn't find any bumps."
Sergi asked about an observa-
tion in the incident report which
noted, "Her behavior exceeded in-
jury." Dragovich said it took a few
minutes to calm her down and her
"emotional response was second-
ary to the assault." On redirect by
Jones Garcia, Dragovich said he
and his partner were only on the
(Tax and fee increases)
Yes 10,362
No 7,506
Referendum 67 I
• ,,
(Insurance coverage clmms)
Yes 11,021
No 6,986
Senate Joint Resolution a
YeSNo(BUdget(inmateSenate Jointlabor)Stabilizati°nResolutiolll acc°Ul 5,4801,981 ji 1[ "
Yes 9,982 t
No 7,4264g'
e
House Joint Resolution E
(School levy simple majority)dii
8,3o9
00,70'
No .i
House Joint Resolutio .
(Invest higher education lamII
Yes 8,312 6I
No. 8,908 "
ROOMS FOR rent, countrYt.
No smoking/animals. $400 m.-- -
cludes utilities, W/D, kitchen, I:°]I
ternet, cable. (3
brick and
TONS OF free ,(
adobe chimney .... (,80)
liners. Call
2383. O11/15-12/6
and
Sh¢m
Shelton Voters
for your support!
I sincerely appreciate your
continued confidence in me as
the mayor of Shelton.
Thank you for your financial
support, for displaying my
signs, for your moral support,
for your support letters, and
most of all thank you for voting!
John Tarrant
Working to keep our city government
transparent and sustainable
Paid for by the Committee to Elect John Tarrant Mayor,
526 S. 10th St., Shelton, WA 98584 - Dave Thacher, Treasurer
vent of new
who wish to
rooms with lig,
others choose more
distinctive colors to serve as
bold, strong patterns as well.
When
Copper thefts now traffic
More than $113,000 in wire has
been stolen in the last 12 months
from stoplights and other trans-
portation devices and facilities in
Mason and five other counties in
the Olympic Region of the Wash-
ington State Department of Trans-
portation.
Of special concern is the strat-
egy used by thieves who steal wire
while pretending to be operating
in a state work zone.
A rapid rise in the prices fetched
by copper and other metals is said
to be a factor in the thefts as well
as in a number that have come to
the attention of the local authori-
ties in Mason County. State trans-
portation officials report that wire-
theft losses in the U.S. as a whole
have reached $1 billion.
LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS
to this national trend include the
theft in November of last year of
a large amount of copper wiring
from the vacant ITT Rayonier
building on the Shelton water-
front and the theft in August of
this year of $13,000 in copper ca-
ble from Hood Canal Communica-
tions in Union. Other local reports
concern: the theft in July of $1,850
in copper and aluminum wiring
from a home on Walnut Street in
Shelton: the theft in May of copper
wire from Arcadia Electric that
was reportedly sold for $900 to a
recycling center in Tumwater; and
the theft in November of last year
of $250 in copper wire from Arca-
dia Drilling.
The problem continued last
week with a report on November
6 that someone had stolen copper
wire from a place on Johns Prairie
Road and a report on November
7 that someone had stolen copper
wire from a Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration site near the inter-
section of Highway 101 and Cali-
fornia Road.
Kelly Stowe of the DOT de-
scribed these incidents as part of a
"crime epidemic costing taxpayers
millions, endangering lives." She
asked people to be on the lookout
for "suspicious work zones" and
helped to organize a gathering of
journalists on Friday at the Ab-
erdeen Maintenance Office of the
DOT for the purpose of "showing
the public what a legitimate work
zone looks like," this in an effort to
"bring awareness to this issue and
encourage citizens to be on the
lookout for suspicious activity."
In addition to copper wiring,
metal thieves have been making
off with guardrails as well as alu-
minum and steel railings on bridg-
es. Stowe makes the point that
because the DOT is self-insured,
the losses must be made up with
taxpayer dollars. "Copper wire is
stolen out of light poles, signals,
equipment storage yards, and
from bridge rails," she wrote. "This
'material theft' issue isn't new, but
seems to be increasing at an alarm-
ing rate. These thefts are happen-
ing statewide, both in work zones
and non-construction zones."
THE POINT WAS
on Sunday night
the wire to the lighting
traffic signal at the
Interstate 5 and
in Pierce County.
a safety issue and also
den to taxpayers," said |
felter, maintenance
the DOT.
He said a legitimate .::
[]
includes: signs alert,'..I!I
that they are approacI
zone; proper
and barriers; workers
wearing orange,
hardlaats, goggles
vehicles with the DOT
clehrly marked with a
name•
Prayers for peace
are set for Sunday
The congregation of Faith Lu-
theran Church will have a short
prayer vigil for peace and justice
right after the contemporary
service at about noon on Sun-
day, November 18.
At that time prayers will be
said for all people around the
world who are suft'ering from the
effects of violence, war, occupa-
tion and terrorism. The primary
focus will be on Iraq, Israel and
the Palestinian people.
All are invited to participate.
The church is located at 1212
Connection Street in Shelton.
Mistrial declared in
vehicular homicide
case after six days
and evidence error
A mistrial was declared after
a Mason County Superior Court
jury began deliberations in the ve-
hicular homicide case.
I The trial of David Jensen, 49, of
Port Hadlock, came to an abrupt
i!i halt after six days of testimony
.... ,a IQin :witnuses spanning
two weeks in October. He was ac-
cused of driving under the influ-
ence and causing the death of 57-
year-old Paul C. Parker of Seattle
on June 30, 2006 in a head-on col-
lision on State Route 3 near the in-
tersection with Judy Lane in Bel-
fair. Parker died at the scene and
Jensen was airlifted to Harborview
Medical Center in Seattle.
As the jury began its delibera-
tions an evidence box was given
to them. A mistrial was declared
because the items in the box in-
cluded all the evidence gathered
for the trial, not just evidence
which had been admitted into the
official record. It also contained
the clerk's minutes which included
arguments presented to the judge
without the jury being present.
Judge James Sawyer, who pre-
sided at the trial, signed an order
stating the mistrial is "based upon
inadvertent submission of exluded
exhibits to the jury during delib-
erations."
Clerk Pat Swartos echoed the
judge in a written statement:
"The jury was mistakenly allowed
to view exhibits and written ma-
terial which were not admitted
during the trial and as a result
a mistrial was declared." She did
not offer an explanation as to how
something like this might have
happened.
Members of the jury were Tay-
lor Zech, Trenea Walton, Donna
Sieber, Della Rogers, William
Morris, Mary Perrine, Mark Jaros,
Donald Hornal, Daryl Halvorson,
Judith Craig, Julia Graham, Kelly
Evans and Dale Stonecipher.
Sex offender admits
failure to register his
location with the law
Wesley Howard Duncan, 23, of
Shelton, entered an Alford plea of
guilty to failure to register as a sex
offender.
Duncan is required to inform
authorities as to his whereabouts
as a result of convictions in 2004
for rape of a child in the third de-
gree and for second-degree rape
of a child in 2001 when he was a
juvenile.
The case came before Judge
James Sawyer in Mason County
Superior Court last Thursday.
Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca
Jones Garcia said this is Duncan's
first failure to register and the of-
lense is an unranked felony, with
a standard sentencing range from
zero to 365 days followed by 12
Marlene Taylor, CLU
S ' AYLOR
INSURANCE
ERVICES
IIII
months of community custody. She
recommended a 60-day sentence.
Jones Garcia noted that the Wash-
ington Legislature has increased
the penalty for failing to register
to include a prison sentence for re-
peat offenders.
"Any subsequent convictions
and you're going to prison," Saw-
yer told Duncan. He scheduled
sentencing for November 26.
According to court documents,
the defendant failed to abide by
registration requirements between
May 19 and June 26. In an Alford
plea a person does not admit guilt
but pleads guilty because the evi-
dence is such that a jury would be
likely to convict and to take advan-
tage of an offer from the state.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL
THE LAST MINUTE!
Stop in today for a policy review
of your entire insurance portfolio.
We can probably save you
some money and ensure
that you start the new year
with the proper coverages.
104 E. "D" St. #1 Shelton, WA 98584
360-427-1989 • 360-426-5595
marlene@marlenetaylorinsurance.com
II
Page 28 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 15, 2007
Latest tally
Shelton City Commission
Mayor
John Tarrant 985 52.1%
Gary Cronce 882 46.6%
Commissioner of Finance
Mike Byrne 833 50.9%
Chase Gallagher 785 47.9%
Port of Shelton Commission
District 3
Jay Hupp 3,727 68.0%
Rahn Redman 1,712 31.2%
Shelton School Board
District 1
Sue McCausland
Steve DeMiero
District 2
Gene Crater
Marty Best
2,554 59.3%
1,714 39.8%
2,566 63.6%
1,428 35.4%
Hood Canal School Board
District 3
Deborah Petersen 97455.4%
Sheryl Kroneman 76843.7%
District 5
Bob Sund 1,07954.9%
Sara Endicott 87844.7%
Southside School Board
Position 1
Nicole Cougher 27049.8%
Don Robbins 26949.6%
North Mason School Board
District 1
Arthur Wightman
Dave Kinnee
District 3
Laura Boad
Ken VanBuskirk
District 4
John Campbell
2,633 63.1%
1,519 36.4%
2,998 67.8%
1,411 31.9%
2,984 67.8%
of elecaon" ballO, o
Glenn Landram 5
1,401 31.8 No tl
I!
Fire District 2 Fire District 8 1 llllq
Position 3 (EMS property tax levy) _.
Shelby Blackwell 1,099 52.7% Yes -
Chris Ladner 958 45.9% No
Fire District 5 STATE BALLOT MEA
Position 3 Initiative 960
1,89350.9%
1,76447.4%
Pat McGanney
Del Griffey
Fire District 6
Position 2
Steve Levette 33350.8%
Robert Close 31848.5%
Fire District 16
Position 1
Jake Frey 21154.9%
Dick Andrews 16743.5%
Fire District 18
Position 3
Jim Mitchell 32363.5%
Terry Brazil 177 34.8%
Public Hospital District 2
Position 3
Peggy VanBuskirk 1,35549.3%
Ryan Cloud 99836.3%
Harry Martin 37613.7%
LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES
Shelton street levy
Yes 74338.8%
No 1,17061.2%
Mason County Proposition 1
(911 sales and use tax)
Yes 1.2,48569.6%
No 5,46330.4%
Public Hospital District 2
(Proposed formation)
Yes 2,706 .84.3%
Jury finds Brayton
not guilty of assault
scene about 10 minutes, "because
it was not a trauma" and they
gave "a very basic exam" to Brock-
Brayton.
Jurors returned on October 31
and deliberated about an hour be-
tbre announcing the not-guilty ver-
dict. The jury was Jay Dunham,
Robert Korvell, Carol Glodowski,
Jeff Waibel, Robert Griffith, Shir-
ley Dempsey, Larry Richards, Di-
ann Muller, Dave McMullin, LaV-
era Light, Larry Storey and Alma
Kroeger. Terry Wright was the
alternate.
(Continued from page 27.)
ness on her forearm and back and
indicated she had bumps on her
head. "She claimed she had ten-
derness and we looked at it, but
we couldn't find any bumps."
Sergi asked about an observa-
tion in the incident report which
noted, "Her behavior exceeded in-
jury." Dragovich said it took a few
minutes to calm her down and her
"emotional response was second-
ary to the assault." On redirect by
Jones Garcia, Dragovich said he
and his partner were only on the
(Tax and fee increases)
Yes 10,362
No 7,506
Referendum 67 I
• ,,
(Insurance coverage clmms)
Yes 11,021
No 6,986
Senate Joint Resolution a
YeSNo(BUdget(inmateSenate Jointlabor)Stabilizati°nResolutiolll acc°Ul 5,4801,981 ji 1[ "
Yes 9,982 t
No 7,4264g'
e
House Joint Resolution E
(School levy simple majority)dii
8,3o9
00,70'
No .i
House Joint Resolutio .
(Invest higher education lamII
Yes 8,312 6I
No. 8,908 "
ROOMS FOR rent, countrYt.
No smoking/animals. $400 m.-- -
cludes utilities, W/D, kitchen, I:°]I
ternet, cable. (3
brick and
TONS OF free ,(
adobe chimney .... (,80)
liners. Call
2383. O11/15-12/6
and
Sh¢m
Shelton Voters
for your support!
I sincerely appreciate your
continued confidence in me as
the mayor of Shelton.
Thank you for your financial
support, for displaying my
signs, for your moral support,
for your support letters, and
most of all thank you for voting!
John Tarrant
Working to keep our city government
transparent and sustainable
Paid for by the Committee to Elect John Tarrant Mayor,
526 S. 10th St., Shelton, WA 98584 - Dave Thacher, Treasurer
vent of new
who wish to
rooms with lig,
others choose more
distinctive colors to serve as
bold, strong patterns as well.
When